Here's to Nancy Cooley

He may be our star tight end but he's still her baby

Last week the Washington Post ran an enterprise story on Nancy Cooley, mother of Redskins tight end Chris Cooley, and her battle with breast cancer. She is going public with it now, after a year long battle that has included chemotherapy, a double mastectomy and reconstructive breast surgery.

Yes Chris used his connections to ensure Nancy had the shortest path to treatment and despite my liberal desire to crow about the thousands of new breast cancer cases every year and where is their famous son, the simple fact of the matter is when it is your mom you will do anything to protect her. Good for Chris and Tanner to get her what she needed. You or I would do the same thing.

The Susan G. Komen Foundation exists to help bridge that gap with research grants and public awareness. The Komen Foundation is one of the highest profile and highest rated charities in the world and stories of hope like Nancy Cooley's help to elevate the profile of breast cancer in society and those efforts are bettered by Nancy's willingness to tell her story.

Get better Nancy.



Tanner, Nancy and Chris Cooley: Tracey A. Woodward / Washington Post photo from here.